About Me

I love being a career and personal coach, hosting Work with Marty Nemko on KALW-FM, a National Public Radio affiliate in San Francisco, and being a regular contributor to TIME.com and PsychologyToday.com.
My latest book, my 8th is "The Best of Marty Nemko."
Wikipedia has an entry on me with all the gory details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Nemko.
Some of my best recent work appears on this blog but my 3,000 previously published writings and the archive of my radio show are free on www.martynemko.com.
If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.

4 comments:

Anonymous
said...

I have wished for that, too.

I've found that I'm very different from most people I know, even my friends and family. Because of that, I believe, I'm unable to get too close to others.

I also haven't judged or anticipated very well. When I have tried to get closer to others, the other person, in my experience, has not wanted the same from me. They already had their kindred spirits or their best friends or the loves of their lives. They had the people they needed. They didn't need me. It's made me feel somewhat unnecessary.

I've read several stories about people who did find kindred spirits. They seem very satisfied. I don't know such people in real life, however. The people I know seem satisfied with their friends, families, and marriages as they are. They're not perfect, but they are satisfied and happy with the imperfections.

Maybe there isn't the perfect person for everybody out there. But sometimes, I'd like to think that there is.

Mr. Nemko, if you find that person, I hope they'll be everything you hope for and more.